Lawrence S.B. Goldstein

Lawrence S.B. Goldstein is a professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

Decades of scientific research show the potential benefits of embryonic stem (ES) cell research. ES cells—which are derived from early-stage human embryos—may have the ability to generate many types of replacement cells and tissues to help treat diseases which are the result of cell or tissue malfunction. Although stem cells derived from adult tissue present exciting possibilities, it is too early to conclude that the potential use of adult stem cells eliminates the need for further ES cell research. Therefore, ES research needs to be supported by federal funds to ensure that...